Latest short film Untouched, a Black Mirror-style rom-com, is starting its festival run.
'Brendan’s marriage is quietly falling apart. Craving intimacy, he enters a VR world looking for someone to talk to, but is matched with Summer - a femme-fatale party girl who eats men like him for breakfast…'
I'm Simon and I make films. Since 2007 I've produced a range of projects from narrative films and documentaries to promotional content and music videos, always striving to create visually compelling and emotionally engaging work.
My feature screenplay The Zoo made the top 1% of over 6,000 entries to the BBC's Open Call. I was then selected by BBC Writers as one of their Voices of 2026 and received 6 months of mentoring and workshops on the scheme developing my concept for a TV series about spycops infiltrating the West Country rave scene of the early 90s.
Another feature project The Garden of England won the 27th Euroscript Screenwriting award and my short film Tea For Two won the Audience award at Bornshorts film festival.
As Kaspar Films I've partnered with organisations ranging from multinationals to grass-roots charities.
Clients include BBC, Time Warner, Philips, UBS, Warp Records, Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Montessori Schools, Freedom from Torture.
If you're wondering where the name Kaspar came from, he was my first and favourite dog that I grew up with on the farm in Cornwall. If there's anything else you'd like to know just drop me a line via the contact form below.
On set of Common Ground. (Photo: Nina Berry)
On set of Untouched. (Photo: Joe Collins)
Here's the current slate of Features and Short projects seeking UK & international co-production and investment:
BBC Writers Open Call Top 1% of 6000+ entries.
'As her doting father’s love descends into abuse, a disabled woman plots her escape from the family's broken home - assisted by a nest of sentient ants.'
Feature: Contained psychological drama, drizzled with dark comedic moments, set in a Cornish council house - Currently in development.
WINNER of the 27th Euroscript Screenwriting Competition
Quarter Finalist: Final Draft Big Break (top 3% of 6000+)
Quarter Finalist: Shore Scripts (top 8% of 1500+ )
'Survivors of a shipwreck in the English Channel, two refugees form a bond as they evade traffickers and police on the long walk from Dover to London.'
Drama feature screenplay following refugees walking cross-country to London through the post-Brexit heartlands of England.
'Two women meet sleeping rough in urban woods and form an intense but short-lived friendship.'
Short drama exploring themes of homelessness and mental health - Currently in post-production.
'A glimmer of hope for a refugee struggling to get himself and his daughter across the English channel turns into a parent's worst nightmare.'
Short drama set as a prologue to The Garden of England - Currently in development.
'An unhappily married couple become locked in a poisonous stand-off at the breakfast table'.
Short black comedy. Currently being entered in festivals and competitions. For private screeners please get in touch.
I've facilitated dozens of workshops helping young people to express themselves and their creativity through filmmaking. From interviewing Holocaust survivors to producing music videos, each group is different and I'm always inspired by them. I've worked with young people with a range of needs from young offenders to those with physical and learning difficulties.
Their films have been screened at BFI, National Portrait Gallery, Holocaust Memorial Day and Rio Cinema and have picked up Royal Society of Arts and Philip Lawrence Awards along the way.
Behind-the-scenes of the youth film project for Damon Albarn's opera Dr Dee wih English National Opera and Vital Regeneration.
Premiered at the National Portrait Gallery.
